No, North Korea isn't in the World Cup Final

A spoof video depicting a fake North Korean news broadcast stating the country’s national team has made it to the World Cup final, has managed to fool many people on the internet, even a few news outlets.

The video, uploaded to a YouTube channel called, Korean News Backup, discusses North Korea’s victory over Brazil, China and Japan to make it to the World Cup Final, has already amassed over 2.7 million views.

The fake video, supposedly broadcast by North Korea’s state-run media, jumps between clips of jubilant North Korean’s celebrating their national soccer team’s repeated victories and then goes on to reveal the team’s next game is against Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal.

In 2010 North Korea qualified for the World Cup but was defeated by Brazil 2-1 and Portugal 7-0. The country’s media ran doctored reports stating the North Korean team won their match against Brazil 1-0.

It’s still unclear who created the fake video but given the bizarre stories that often come out of North Korea, it’s no surprise some people thought the fake news report was real.

North Korea’s national soccer team played Brazil in 2010 and lost 2-1.

North Korea failed to make it to the final round of the Asian qualifying bracket ahead of this summer’s World Cup.

The country’s national team is currently ranked 146th in the world, 36 spots behind Canada.